My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: Michigan
This traffic stop didn't involve me, but I did witness it. I was walking home and as I approached a t-section I seen a city police cruiser parked in the driveway of a house. This house wasn't for sale nor was it vacant, there was no garage or carport and there was no other vehicles in the driveway. Appears nobody was home!
A small car drove up to the t-section, the driver made a mistake of not coming to a complete stop and the cop seen it. The driver the car turned out to be a neighbor who lives a few houses down from me, the cop pulled her over down the street a couple houses from her driveway. I'm assuming she got a ticket as the cops in this city never let anyone off the hook!
Question being, is it legal or illegal for a police officer to monitor an intersection, etc. from the driveway of someone's home? Wouldn't that be trespassing? If it was illegal, would a judge toss the ticket out? Where can police officers hide? You see them hiding in the parking lots and driveways of churches, office buildings, grocery stores, etc. I've never seen one in the driveway of a home before.

